Monterey/Carmel is among the very best vacation locations on the planet. The race track is picturesque and offers fans most excellent viewing. What do you want, a better garage?

I lived in Monterey for 5 years it seemed to me there's not a lot of motorsports people in the local population. I don't mean the rich guy with 3 Ferrari's in his garage.
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I think the locals could care less if they have a world class track in their backyard. I think way more local suport is needed for any changes to go through even if most of the event attendees are from out of town.

MOTO GP or not i'll still go to any motorcycle race that is held there, maybe hit a car race to get another trip in next summer because it is such a nice area to visit.

The loss of Laguna Seca on the MotoGP calendar is a shame, but inevitable. I don't believe WSBK will be there very long either.
To be more successful, the vision, the venue, the land and the political power must be under the control of a single entity, as it is with Indy.
Because it's AMA country, Laguna Seca is the red-headed stepchild on the race calendar, as far as event scheduling is concerned.

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AMA country ?
What decade is this ?
The AMA pretty well lost me when they folded to a lawsuite by a NewYawk lawyer and distanced themselves from AHRMA.
As far as modern stuff goes, have you been to a DMG race ?
I raced a non-AHRMA vintage race there in '97 , promoted by the same New Yawk lawyer , piggybacking with the AMA Nationals. I also rented a Triumph 900 Thunderbird to get around that week. World class vacation, I'll tell you. Hate to see the Moto GP turn it's back on the place,someone cal King Kenny and get this thing going again !

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What are the attendance stats for the 3 U.S. Moto GP races this year , and in the past ?
It bothers me that I have seen the Moto GP at 2 out of the 3 tracks in the U.S. and now I've missed ther chance to see one near great seafood restaraunts.,
There has to be a reason.

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When I worked at the I dy round, word was Dorna got tired of dealing with SCRAMP and Monterey County, who acted as if they had something Dorna could not live without.

Indy and Austin rolled out the red carpet for their respective events; Monterey County their treated event like a nuisance.

Indy (and the State of Indiana) stepped up to the plate and is throwing money at the problems with the track (Track is currently being restructured/surfaced). Laguna wasn't a moneymaker for Dorna and never would be.

Money talks, bullshit walks.

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We can't compare Pedrosa's times but we can look at the leading Honda's times on each occasion, and given that Pedrosa had looked competitive with both Lorenzo and Marquez when he crashed due to machine malfunction we can guess he'd have been close to Marquez at the end. So:

So, the factory Hondas and Yamahas have dropped 20 seconds from their race times since 2010, while the Ducatis have added at 20 seconds to theirs.

For completeness, let's look at Dovizioso. In 2010 he crashed on the last lap while trying to overtake Spies for fifth. So we can guess that if he'd been less ambitious, he'd have finished right next to Spies. Assigning Dovi Spies's time, we have:

Not buying this argument. Statistics show whether a track is dangerous and Laguna doesn't produce near the injuries of other GP tracks. When was the last time you saw a MotoGP rider hit a wall at Laguna? Why is it safe enough for WSBK by not MotoGP?

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